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Yes its here what we’ve been waiting for! Its official, thedorobucci video is out and I hope this is the first place your will get to download it. Keep coming for more juicy updates as I serve you better.

Like this:

How We All Fit on the Ladder and
All That Jazz (Might Just Be the Biggest Song of the Year)
Yes yes, the title is too long so bite me:-p
By the way, if you’re yet to listen to the song and
haven’t experienced “Dorobucci”, download the mp3 version here for free –> DOROBUCCI and listen
before you go ahead.
Okay, let’s start this all over again.
Hi everyone, it’s been one long hot minute hasn’t it? Sure
feels good to be back:-D
So I was still lying down last Saturday revelling in my
awesomeness, when my very good friend, let’s call him
Mr. Potato head, sent me a link to a song. Now, I had been
seeing Doro this and Doro that on twitter but I wasn’t
really interested, let’s face it, there are trends almost
every passing minute.
Until Don Jazzy tweeted the link to a high life song that I
downloaded and I was like “is this what all the hype is
about? (insert yawn)”. That was Friday night. So
Saturday morning, Mr. Potato head saved me and
introduced me to what in my opinion might be the biggest
song of the year (I was rooting for Davido’s ‘Aye’, a gist
for later)
Anyways I downloaded the song, and as they say the
rest is history. My life hasn’t been the same since I
downloaded this song and I really cannot remember the
number of times I have played it, there’s just this thing
about the song starting with the mad beat (Ehen, so
what else is new, you ask?) anyhoos, I’m not here to
analyze the song or am I?
So who/ what is a Dorobucci?
I will go with a definition that comes up a bit further in
the song which says ‘Doro is a cheerful giver; Doro is a
kind of boss’… Yes, right there is where I want to start
my analysis from so be a sweetie and go along with me on
this ride, as you discover where you fit on the ladder.
Don Jazzy begins the song of course, as a boss and we
are taken into the Dorobucci world…
If you’re a don, then you’re obviously a Dorobucci (I’m sure
the dons in Sicily will be uber thrilled at this. Let’s face it
Don Corleone is just too mainstream dontcha think? Doro
Corleone sounds much better no?)
If you’re big, bloody? Skillful and heavy (insert whoever
you want to here please) then you’re a Doro.
If you “gather more than everybody for the gathering”
and are frosh (not a smello) yup! you gorrit, you’re a Doro.
If you’re fresh (yes there’s a difference between ‘fresh’
and ‘frosh’, what’s the difference? I don’t know, ask
Olamide) flashy, classy and finer than any one you see
around you? Doro is you!
Oh and my favorite part of the song has to be Tiwa’s
part, to all the divas out there, yup! you’re all Doros. Doro
Bey, Doro Rihanna, Doro Tiwa, Doro Dija, Doro Patience.
All leaders are Doros and you follow leaders so why not
follow the ladder while at it? At this point I am confused
as to what ladder Tiwa is referring to but it makes me
laugh and brings to mind a certain ‘Follow the Ladder’ song
by Sister Agnes (please check out the video on you tube
here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cQ5zrHh7Rm4 )
Doro hot, doreminado (*sigh* why lawd?) doro meeee,
doro youuuuu, doro critiquesssss we the baddest
crewwwwwww *please don’t stop reading I beg you*
If you have surulere, you grab, you carry, you fast, sweet,
you knack more than a carpenter that has been knacking…
(Please don’t ask me) you’re either Ronaldo or Messi? You
know what you are.
If you’re an African prince (remember all those 419 emails
you tried your hands on back in the day, of course I’m
talking to you :-P) , I’d like to congratulate you on being a
Doro way ahead of your peers, a Mega Super Star Doro
you are and will always be!
If you eat or sell suya and fish? You’re a Doro
#Don’tArgueJustAccept
If you’re bad azzzin badder than baddo, badder than
Tony Montana and you’re double o seven or even Chuck
Norris, then you’re a Doro.
Doro is a yaro, with money who does what he likes… (this
cannot be over emphasized)
Doro is a boss and a cheerful giver (we all know what the
bible says about those ones yeah?)
Doro is a money spender, if your name is saved as ‘maga
1’ on any babe’s phone? Yep you’re a Doro!
( Awwwwww and you thought you wouldn’t make the
Doro list )
If you care a lot about your dental hygiene (flossing) yup!
You’re a Doro, or how else will you get that super mega
smile, that’ll make all the chickalas swoon as a gallant
Doro causing wahala all over the place?
As a Doro you must be naughty, be a baller, be poppin’, be
fly, be Doro etc
I could go on and on but I’m sure you get the general idea,
Dorobucci is a jam, and we love it because it has managed
to put all of us into our level of Doroness, abi is it
Dorobucciness? But wait, I have an issue and I want to
make it about gender here; what is a female Dorobucci
called? Is she a Dorobuccess? Or Dorobuccina? Or
perhaps the name is unisex? You know me I like to ask
questions. Anyways, Dorobucci is a lovely and fun song
and I’d like to give a huge shout out to the Mavin crew for
this one. What do we say, the dictionary peeps think
about adding Doro to the awesome words already in
existence?
Okay, before I bore you all to death let me stop here for
today, download and listen to ‘Dorobucci’, thank me later
and I’ll thank Mr. Potato head.
P.S. If you read through this article and you didn’t identify
yourself on the ladder as a Doro of any kind, then what is
this life really? Why are you here? Please for your own
good, say this simple short prayer after me:
‘Oh God of Dorobucci, locate me by fire (*5) in Jesus
Name’.
‘Any evil spirit delaying my Doroness , fall down and die
(*10)
If you said these prayers, then brothers and sisters
you’re the next Doro in line!
Alleluya! Chicken Suya! LAL!
Peace out!

The Nigerian music industry is one that should be paid a heavy deal of attention as the drama, hits and beats, tunes and so on come out everyday, and fans can’t just help but show their dancing steps. Today, I want to examine one of Nigerias finest record labels, Yes, a record labels run by Nigeria’s finest and are the hottest at this stage. Am taking a look at there artists, producers, and were I see them in a few years.

Don Jazzy

Firstly, MAVIN RecordsDon Jazzy – President
Mavin Records is run by Don Jazzy, the man believed to have popularised Nigerian pop music to the world by his tutelage of D’banj with which they founded the now defunct Mo’hits records. Don jazzy, born has a distinct bass voice, which he adds to his artist records, he can be heard singing the first verse of Tiwa Savage’s Eminado, the chorus for Dr Sid’s Surelere, adding an adlib to Korede Bello’s African princess and so on. Don Jazzy, is still single, *Girls can apply* but if he’s searching, me I don’t know o!!! 🙂

Mavin Record Producers, Babyfresh and altims

Altims
“Aluku Timothy” (popularly known as Altims) – Record ProducerAltims is the record producer and sound
engineer currently signed to Mavin Records.
While studying Computer engineering at the
University of Benin, Altims became an
amateur rapper. His background and
familiarity with Afrobeat, Hiphop, and
electronic sounds have enabled him to work
with the likes of Wande Coal, Dr SID, Southern
Park, Wayd, Michael Demi, Xvol, Mi Fliss,
Fombo, and Squeeze among others. He has
produced various jingles/soundtracks for
several different organisations and released
official remixes of tracks from Mavin’s
compilation album, Solar Plexus. Don Jazzy added altims because he believed he “was getting old” and needed to do less work and let the younger brains take over.

Baby Fresh-Producer
“Sunday Enejere” (popularly known as Baby
Fresh), is also a record producer
currently signed to the aforementioned label.
According to Gistreel, Enejere “has a
signature sound which has made him instantly
identifiable amongst music aficionados. With
an eclectic mix borne of different music
genres, BabyFresh has already stamped his
trademark on dozens of hit singles.”

D’prince

D’prince– Artist
Younger brother to Don Jazzy, D’prince is rather regarded as the less seen figure of the label, although he features a lot for other artist signed to the label. His latest single Gentleman ft Davido and Don Jazzy is also one that’s not to be thrown in the dustbin of personal anger as the beat, rhyme and Davido’s scintillating voice makes me go Ojigbijigbi

Dr Sid

Dr Sid– Artist
Dr Sid, the dentist turned musician is the son of late veteran Nollywood actor, Justice Esiri, notable for his role as the Village Headmaster in a Nigerian sitcom popular in the 1980’s. Dr sid was a part of the defunct Mo’Hits records. His tenor based voice is his distinct trademark. Since the inception of Mavin Records, Dr sid has released Surelere, a mid tempo song ft Don Jazzy, and then the remix of the same song ft Wizkid, Phyno and Don Jazzy.

Tiwa Savage

Tiwa Savage– Artist
Tiwa Savage joined Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records in 2012
after the label she co-owns, 323 Entertainment teamed up with
the executive producer. She was one of the
lead artists on the record label’s first
compilation album entitled Solar Plexus. On the release of her debut song with the label, Eminado, which tells a love story of a woman dedicating her life to her lover, Don Jazzy takes the first verse of the song and adds more vocals which were unexpected of him.

Dija

Di’Ja – Artist
Hadiza Blell, better known by her stage
name Di’ja, is a Sierra Leonean Nigerian
recording artist, visual artist, fashion
designer, and songwriter. She is currently
signed to Mavin Records. In 2009, she
released her first single “Rock steady”, which
was nominated for “Best Urban/R&B Single”
at the 2009 Canadian Radio Music Awards.
Moreover, she won the “Best New Artist”
award at the 2008 Beat Music Awards.
Her music career started in 2008. In 2012,
Di’ja released several singles, including
“Dan’Iska (Rudebwoy)”, “Hold On (Ba Damuwa)”,
and “How Can We Be Friends”.
In 2013, she returned to Nigeria and signed a
recording deal,
Don Jazzy. On February 14, 2014 her record
deal with Don Jazzy was publicized.
On 14 February, 2014, Di’ja released her first
official single under Mavin Records. The song,
titled “Yaro”, is an up-tempo celebration of
love and commitment against all odds. The
song infuses Hausa and Krio dialects in honor
of her Nigerian and Sierra Leonean roots.

Reekado Bankz

Reekado Banks – Artist
Reekado Banks, hmmmm,
Born Solomon Ayoleyi
Hanniel, Reekado Banks is
a gifted singer and song
writer. The final year
History and Strategic
student of the university
of Lagos, Akoka is young,
God fearing, fun and
spontaneous. They say, the smallest rat has the greatest destructive instincts. That’s one phrase to describe this fast rising and high speed artist. Reekado banks debut song with Mavin,“Turn It Up”
which features mavin’s
first lady “ TIWA
SAVAGE“ is a melodious
entreaty that gets you
up to dance. Definitely a
party anthem that is sure
to make it to the top of
DJs’ playlists.
Imagine blending country,
dancehall and afropop
music in a Don Jazzy way.
“Turn It Up” is just a
snippet of Reekado Banks
abilities. As a valuable
addition to the incredible
team of Don Jazzy, D’Prince, Tiwa Savage, Dr
Sid, Reekado Banks joins
new label mate Di ja to
further strengthen the new
frontline of the Mavin 2.0

Korede Bello, the african princess

Korede Bello – Artist
Christened Korede Bello, the teenage sensation who is part of the Mavin 2.0 as Don Jazzy calls it is believed to be Nigeria’s next big star. His nick-name among the label, “Mavin Baby” is one that’s got girls tripping. He has a distinctive voice, a special style of song writing accomplished by his fluent guitar playing. His debut single for Marvin, African Princess, is receiving massive air-play on the radio and on phones too

Wande Coal‘s Departure
On July 31, 2013, Naij News reported thatWande Coal allegedly parted ways with Mavin Records and established his own record label,
Black Diamond Entertainment. Sources
close to Information Nigeria said that Wande
Coal allegedly departed Mavin because he
believes that his music career cannot be
further advance by the revamped label.
Moreover, it was alleged that both Coal and
Jazzy disagreed over finances. On July 29,
2013, Wande Coal released and promoted a
new single titled “Kilaju” without the support
of Mavin Records. On November 7, 2013
Mavin Records sent out a press release,
officially announcing the departure of Wande
Coal from Mavin. The press release came
shortly after the twitter feud between Don
Jazzy and Wande Coal. On Tuesday,
November 5, 2013, Wande Coal released a
song titled “Baby Face” and credited Shizzi, a
record producer known for his affiliations with
Davido and the HKN Gang. Subsequently, Don
Jazzy accused Wande Coal of ‘intellectual
property theft’, tweeting, “How long will I
continue (to) sweat and some people will
choose to steal from me. I am nice and easy
going doesn’t mean (you) should disrespect
me.” Moreover, the Mavin Boss uploaded
a studio demo of the song that was
allegedely recorded a year ago. Wande Coal
tweeted several times, saying, “(please) Do
the right thing, bro, ASAP. God bless…It is
with sad heart I make this response. Steal
from you? I served for 10 years why are you not
happy with my progress? You have my phone
number, email address and my (direct
message) to communicate with me but you
choose twitter attention syndrome…After all
these years of (being) loyal to you I can never
believe you will ever say this to me. Trying to
bring me down on twitter.” In addition,
Coal tweeted a link to an “original” studio
version of the song. In an interview with
Premium Times, Demilade Olaosun, an
entertainment lawyer, commented on
intellectual property (IP). He said: “Now,
lawyers, being lawyers, may argue that the
song, although produced by Don Jazzy for
Wande (for Mavin Records) under the terms
of their contract, was merely a demo and had
not been delivered to the label as a
completed work, thus, allowing the artiste
make use of the song however he so
pleased…But I will insist that the work,
whether demo or fully mastered, since it was
produced, arranged and voiced by an official
of the label, makes it a property of the label.
This is a scenario I would however like to see
tested in a Nigerian court.” The lawyer
stated that since Coal’s recording contract
were not been made available to the public,
speculations cannot be made about the IP of
the recording sound. He said:

”
“While I am not privy to the content of the
contract between Wande and Mavin
Records, recording contracts typically
provide that the copyright in all materials
delivered by the artiste during the term of
the contract are properties of the label.
This means that ideally, when an artiste
leaves a label, he has no right to the
catalogue of works produced in that time
except, of course, if his contract has a
specific copyright reversion clause…Every
song has a minimum of three copyrights:
rights in the lyrics, sound recording (beat)
and actual recording of the song. Now, it is
not disputed that Don Jazzy produced the
beat for the song and from his tweet, what
he demanded was credit for his production
work.”
”
To crown it all, Mavin records released a new hit track Dorobucci by Don Jazzy ft all the labels artist. The Doro rendition has gained accepted momentum and permit me to call myself DoroBlogger 😉

So my dear readers, Do you think Mavin records is the best in Nigeria? Do they have a great personal relations with their artist? Do they release the best music in the country? Most importantly, can they sustain the hype? Have your say below.Keep In-touch with us
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Introducing Dorobucci by the sumptuous MAVIN records. This track is definitely going to become a popular one among Nigerians in the upcoming months. The song which is seen as one which unveils Don Jazzy and his New Mavin crew consisting of Korede Bello, Dija and Reekado Banks, also Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid and D’prince are on the track. Each artiste enters with a unique freestyle hailing his/her song with the label. The mid-tempo will sweep you off from your seat and make you start zombie-singing, Infact, I aint talking again. Download it below.

Yes! I’ve been on twitter for like 3 years now and I’ve had an encounter with almost every Nigerian celebs using the micro-blogging platform so I wanna examine the 10 most friendly of them I’ve met.

11. Peter Haloway @PeterHaloway
Yes na me first, haba, I be celebrity now, you can follow me on twitter too @AfroNotion
10. Wizkid@WizkidAyo
Mr wizkid, that’s the name of an afrobeat celeb that’s got his target on point. If there’s one thing wizkid does too, its to tweet about his personal parties and concerts. He’s also a nice guy when it comes to answering his followers.
9. Darey art alade@Darey
One one for the soul Muzik baba, “king retweeter” Darey retweets more than any other Nigerian celeb I’ve seen using the platform
8. Toyin Lawani@TiannahStyling2
Toyin baby, mean, she’s got class, and yes she uploads her beautiful designs too, she also brags about her sexy boyfriend Triggakriss and her baby by sharing pictures like its donation day.
7. Flavour Nabania@2NiteFlavour
If flavour starts a fitness blog for guys to show their heavy chests, it’s gonna get popular super quick. This celeb uses most of is time uploading his sexy chest pictures
6. IcePrince@Iceprincezamani
Iceprince, chai, the rapper is one hell of a twitter user. Most recently, he’s been using his account to receive public opinions on issues he’s finding hard to decide on his own. Men the guy suppose go National Conference and represent we youths.
5. Sound Sultan@SoundSultan
The chairman of all the Nigerian Ninjas, including me, Yes I fight karate!! Sound Sultan loves his fellow niggas, and he’s a real generous nigga, plus, his funny personality also sends his fans to serious laughter. I’ve also met Sound Sultan before, we chatted and took some pictures. He’s a real down to earth guy.
4. Don Jazzy@DONJAZZY
Are you stuck and out of airtime, don’t borrow credit from MTN, Let DonJazzy give you one for free. That’s all I know about the Marvin CEO. 🙂
3. Korede Bello@Koredebello
Mr Korede! Hmmmmm, the teenage Marvin RnB singer has gotten quick success with his single African princess, but that’s not just it, he’s also super free with his fans. To know how much Korede loves his fans, He sent a happy birthday wish to a female fan @tickcles around 2am on her birthday. *lover boy*
2. Eva Alordiah@EvaAlordiah
Eva, hmmmmm, the rap miss is a super communicator, she’s really free with everyone, ask her for a retweet, she would send you a dm instead (hyperbole) we’ve met before, and before she left, she signed an autograph for me, *sweet*
1. Denrele Edun@Denrele_Edun
Ok, this crazy nigga is topping my list and y’all should know why. If you are looking for a celebrity that’s really weird and will be super open to you as a fan, the answer is Denrele. Mr Edun abeg carry go jare!

So, if there’s a celeb I didn’t add and you thinks is worthy of being on the list, abeg tell me through the comments.

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